A CHURCH has opened a Brexit prayer space to help “heal the country”.

St Mary’s Church in Horsham, which is attended by the town’s Conservative MP Jeremy Quin, opened the facility on Sunday.

Reverend Rebecca Tuck said: “People have many different opinions on Brexit and visitors to the church don’t necessarily agree on what they want.

“One thing we can all do is pray.

“This is an invitation to everybody, whatever your situation, to come and spend some time in prayer and see the peace that it can bring.”

The church in Causeway already has a prayer room which is accessible at all hours and Rebecca said this is often altered to help people pray about current issues affecting the church’s community.

It currently has several interactive features including plasters which visitors can write messages on and stick on a map of the UK on an area of the country which they wish to see heal.

Messages include tolerance, unity, respect and stop fear.

Rebecca said: “People from my church thought we had to do something about Brexit.

“People feel quite stressed about the situation, there are a lot of anxieties.”

She continued: “The plaster is a symbol of the fact that we are praying for God’s healing in these areas.

“People have said they found it very powerful to be able to physically place a plaster on the map.”

She said the idea was inspired by an excerpt from the bible which says: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

Rebecca said: “God wants us to heal our land.

“We felt offering a prayer room for people to come to would really help.

“Now a lot of people feel there is not much they can do about the situation, but you can always pray.”

The separate room is in a side chapel which can be accessed after you enter the church.

Visitors can also take a card and write a prayer for a politician.

Rebecca added: “We pray for wellbeing at a stressful time.

“One person who wrote a prayer yesterday said they felt a real sense of calm, to hand it over to God was really powerful for them.”

The church has introduced several other interactive features such as a rainbow where people can pray for nature and a chalkboard on which people can write their worries before wiping them away.

Rebecca said: “They are all interactive and people have been really grateful to have words, pictures and objects to pray with.

“We all just hope for positive outcomes from all of this.”